نَفَحاتfragrant breaths الوردِof roses قدِalready انتَشَرَتhave spread
نَفَحات الوردِ قدِ انتَشَرَت
فأَفاحتand so they wafted طيبَsweetness شذاًscent عَطرِfragrant
فأَفاحت طيبَ شذاً عَطرِ
The fragrant breaths of roses have already spread,
and so they wafted the sweetness of a fragrant scent,
منfrom نظمِthe verse of فتاةِa maiden قدindeed بَرَعتshe excelled
من نظمِ فتاةِ قد بَرَعت
وسمتand rose high فيamong البدوthe nomads وفيand among الحَضَرِthe townsfolk
وسمت في البدو وفي الحَضَرِ
from the verse of a maiden who has excelled
and risen high among nomads and townsfolk.
خنسآءُal-Khansa العصرِof the age فريدتهُits peerless woman
خنسآءُ العصرِ فريدتهُ
بلrather وردةُWarda (a rose) أَزهُرِهِits blossoms النُّضُرِfresh
بل وردةُ أَزهُرِهِ النُّضُرِ
The age's al-Khansa, its peerless woman—
nay, Warda, the rose among its fresh blossoms.
فاقتshe excelled فيin النظمِverse مُؤَرَّخةًcommemorated in a chronogram
فاقت في النظمِ مُؤَرَّخةً
وبهِand with it حاكتshe rivaled نظمَthe stringing of الدُّررِpearls
وبهِ حاكت نظمَ الدُّررِ
She excelled in verse, commemorated in a chronogram,
and with it she rivaled the stringing of pearls.